These movies don't even try to have internal consistency with their combat and power dynamics.Movie 1: Navi have superior genetics and bodies but 3 different battles demonstrate that the training and tech of humans gives them a massive advantage. In the final battle Navi get a decent surprise off but then start getting whooped, it's only when nature itself turns against the humans that the Navi win. Movie 2:Recoms now exist, with the the superior weapons and tactical training combined with navi genetic superiority they should be unstoppable.NoNeyteri goes angry mom mode and kills them even easier than she did normal humans in the last movie. Not one recom or normal human scores a kill in this entire movie outside quaritch killing jake's son.Movie 3:See movie 2James Cameron is a fucking idiot.
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>>64704422It also suffers from one of the worst cases of "bullets get 10x stronger when shot by a good guy" i've ever seen.
>MUH INCONSISTANT POWER SCALING!!In life eight afghan goat herders can sometimes wipe a squad of elite super soldiers because the world isn't a table top war game. You stupid nerd faggot.
I dislike how bland and contemporary the equipment got after the first film. Like the RDA gear wasn't necessarily that creative, but it was distinct and futuristic; segmented hard plates with vital electronics riveted directly to the chest, with modular caseless rifles that could be configured from a carbine to a shotgun to an anti material rifle. Cue recoms in the sequels, with their cryes and laser-cut molle plate carriers and safariland holsters and dressed up ARs. It especially sucks, because James cameron used to be the master of this shit, he wrote the book on making scifi action movie infantry looks futuristic but plausible.
>>64704479>James cameron used to be the master of this shit, he wrote the book on making scifi action movie infantry looks futuristic but plausible.My theory is that at somepoint on some set, probably Aliens, one of the Marines they were using as an advisor or actor or something fucked his wife so now he just makes movies where marines get their shit kicked in non stop as revenge.
>>64704451The Taliban arent 'goat herders' any more than SEALs are 'super soldiers' REAL super soldier has never been tried.
>>64704498More importantly how many engagements did the taliban actually win? Like 10 max over 20 years?
>>64704479Thats sort of the point. The RDA SpecOPS are glorified mercenaries, not a real standing army. Earth is literally not sending their best.
>>64704513>Earth is literally not sending their best.This is the main plothole that has pissed me off since 2009. It is made very clear that without unobtanium earth "dies". This is said multiple times.If the entire planet is dependent on this shit getting mined it would be a global security issue. The best of the best of the best would be sent AFTER every known navi location was nuked from orbit.The wiki says nukes are banned by some treaty, apparently one that is enforced by people who are okay with the planet dying? And these people haven't been guillotined yet?It seems like cameron figured out the retarded nature of this for avatar 2 and decided to instead make it about the rich living forever... but in that same movie they double down but saying earth is dying and they're now trying to make pandora the new home for humanity so what the fuck? Why are we fucking around with "wars in Venezuela and nigeria" when this shit is going on?
>>64704525>It is made very clear that without unobtanium earth "dies". This is said multiple times.By who? Lying corpos?Maybe you're misinterpreting the urgency, or even necessity. I figured it was just very profitable. >If the entire planet is dependent on this shit getting mined it would be a global security issueAnd since it's evidently not taken that seriously, maybe your interpretation was incorrect?
>>64704537>By who? Lying corpos?https://youtu.be/J8n8E0oOiRc?t=102 https://youtu.be/MskCuVzqslE It's also said by Jake, Neyeri, quaritch, and one of the redditor scientists in the first movie on separate occasions
>>64704525I would imagine that the RDA would greatly prefer that the Earth government not come and sort their shit out for them, so they're suppressing news of their losses. We're also shown a very large number of RDA wins, just never against anyone who matters.
>>64704555To be clear: The idea that a "corporation" would be in charge of this task at all is absurd. Every government on earth would be dumping every penny they could into this.
Just don't see how this series has actual stakes when the same antagonist has lost three times already. What's next? Cameron brand Space Marines coming down for a once-and-for-all attempt to just roast this planet down to the crust and nearly winning but for yet another deus ex machina to save the day?Should've moved away from humans in the second movie and expanded on the various tribes or even add in another sapient species that just happened to originate on the world that the RDA didn't notice
>>64704559The RDA is an allegory for the East India Company.
>>64704559IRL governments of the world are currently pretending to put a token effort into not killing a huge portion of the population via climate change and infinite pollution because it's easier to procrastinate and burn infinite fossil fuels for things like AI slop and other useless bullshit
>>64704509they never won a battle only small engagements
>>64704633So indian spices were the only thing keeping great britain alive?
>>64704696Do you know what spices were used for, back then?
>>64704696Tea in particular, but we also needed masses of opium to sell to the chinese
>>64704525>This is the main plothole that has pissed me off since 2009. It is made very clear that without unobtanium earth "dies". This is said multiple times.If you're talking about the original movie, you're just a fucking liar. Go on and post the clip you think you're remembering.
>>64704547Okay I've watched the video from 2009 you posted and it doesn't say what you said, now what?
>>64704746Literally in the first 5 seconds>the aliens went back to their dying worldplease open your fucking ears and pay attention before you're going to try to act hard
